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So if we want real change – and a world where future generations of all life, not just human beings, can live in peace with equal rights and justice for all – we have to tackle corporate rights, powers, structures and impunity.
Helena Paul
How is freedom, a polysemantic term, understood by the majority today? What is the relationship between modern freedom and the perpetual growth system? And what kind of freedom would post-growth have to put forward?
Florent Marcellesi
"The left" must get back to what was its original reason for existence—to fight for one-person, one vote democracy in the economic as well as political systems that govern our lives.
Gary Engler
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In the 1980s, China was a poor, agrarian country with a closed economy and little global influence. But four decades later, it is the world’s largest manufacturer, the undisputed leader in clean energy, and a central player in the global economy.In 2024, China invested $940...
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Our politicians don’t agree on much, but one thing most of them agree on is that growth is universally good. Grow the pie, they assure us, and there will be more to go around.
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The US government has long tried to divide China, India, and Russia, but Washington's aggressive actions have only brought them together.
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Further reading: https://dsa-lsc.org/2025/01/31/a-guide-to-dsa-politics/ (The article that inspired this video) https://www.dsausa.org/resources/faq/ https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/structure/
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Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics weren’t manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. It’s turning agricultural...
44 min
Are corporations destroying America? From greedflation to wealth inequality, the U.S. economy is collapsing under late stage capitalism. This video explores why industries like healthcare, housing, energy, banks, and utilities should be nationalized and treated as public...
29 min
The supermarket is one of the strangest and most powerful inventions in human history. Grocery shopping is often perceived as a simple, mundane activity. And for many, access to food has never been more effortless. But supermarkets hold far more power than we realize.
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The dominance of the US dollar as the global reserve currency has been gradually declining for years, but Donald Trump's policies could rapidly accelerate de-dollarization and the transition to a more multipolar international financial order, warn even mainstream American...
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Democrats are facing a ticking time bomb: the 2032 presidential election. Halfway through the decade, projections show an alarming trend for Democrats: Big blue states like California and New York are shedding population — while big red states like Florida and Texas are...
The Green New Deal is often framed as a response to climate change — but whether you see it as a crisis or a hoax, the real point is what it delivers here at home: millions of good jobs, lower energy bills, stronger communities, and true energy independence. It’s about...
Films For Action
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Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks to a shady tactic called “surveillance pricing.” Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains what we can do about it.
14 min
This is the REAL reason the US sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
77 min
In this video, I’m exploring how business elites and super-rich industrialists funded a narrative that would come to dominate the 20th century: the myth that free markets equal freedom, that government is the enemy, and that corporate success magically trickles down to...
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Is it just us, or has Google gotten worse? After years of relentless growth, the ‘don’t be evil’ company has effectively monopolized the internet. It’s using this chokehold to drive up revenue by forcing ads on users—at the expense of quality and useful search results.
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One of the main goals of the US political and economic system is to protect corporate monopolies. Silicon Valley Big Tech corporations fear Chinese competitors, so the US government is trying to ban them. Political economist Ben Norton explains how imperialism works, and what...
19 min
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In this video, Spencer Snyder discusses the forgotten history of public markets, the role of the Robinson-Patman Act in keeping chains in check, and how deregulation in the 1980s fueled today’s food deserts.
12 min
Signal Slice: A Month ago, we exposed a hidden tourism crisis. It just went nuclear. What happens when border agents treat memes as extremism and airlines start fleeing the country? America is finding out the hard way. In this investigation, we expose how the crisis has...
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A growing portion of climate activists and policy makers argue that reducing global economic activity - or degrowth - is the only way to save the planet. But critics say increasing economic growth ensures human well-being. Who’s right?
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Economic anthropologist, Jason Hickel, is one of the leading degrowth researchers leading the charge for ecosocialism. He says if we limit the energy demands of the elite and hungry multinational corporations, reimagining economics to support and nurture human dignity, we...
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Private equity funds and other Wall Street investors are buying up homes across the US and the West, driving up rent and the cost of living. Economist Michael Hudson explains how these corporate landlords are a result of the system of financialized capitalism, dominated by an...
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Economist Michael Hudson describes how the Western powers designed the international financial, legal, and political system in a way that benefits North American corporations at the expense of the countries of the Global South.
77 min
My guest today is Jason Hickel, Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and author of two books: The Divide and Less is More. We discuss why a growth-based capitalist economy is incompatible with a...
124 min
A damning indictment of neoliberalism in the Balkans, Venezuela, and Iceland, through stories of corrupt politicians, fictional tribunals, and economic colonization. It features exclusive interviews with Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone, and Carla Del Ponte.
24 min
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29 min
Why are human beings so greedy and why are our societies so hierarchical, when our ancestors’ societies were so fiercely egalitarian? What is “human nature” in this regard?
38 min
China and Russia help formerly colonized countries in the Global South defend their sovereignty amid constant US meddling and aggression, argues Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, a Latin American country that has been invaded and militarily occupied by the USA multiple...
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Investor-owned utilities are building expensive & polluting energy projects to drive up shareholder profits. The scheme enriches massive firms like Blackrock and Vanguard. Meanwhile customers are forced to pay higher and higher energy bills.
Regenerative living is a revolutionary philosophy rooted in reciprocity, creativity, and care.
Tim Hjersted
43 min
Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but empirical evidence shows that the USA and European countries are oligarchies dominated by economic elites and large corporations.
14 min
Mobile homes are one of the last remaining affordable housing options in America. Now they’ve become private equity’s latest target. Private equity firms now own at least 1200 parks nationwide. And residents have seen their rents spike by as much as 100% in the last 6 years.
6 min
Working people are struggling to make ends meet. Trump’s planned tariffs will make the problem worse.
59 min
Just two days after we sat down with Francesca Albanese, the Trump Administration placed her under sanctions. They accuse the UN Special Rapporteur of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. She says the sanctions are “mafia style intimidation techniques” and vows to...
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Close Donald Trump allies like Steve Bannon say "the president is pissed every time he looks at the BRICS de-dollarization effort". The US government fears the Global South's challenge to the exorbitant privilege of the dollar. Trump is trying to make an example out of...
9 min
In Maine, trades workers are facing catastrophic layoffs. Why? Trump has cancelled hundreds of billions of dollars for clean energy projects to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy in his ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Workers who voted for him told us they’re paying the price.
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I keep hearing that the government should be "run like a business.” Bunk.
6 min
Protecting us from financial predators. Keeping our air and water clean. Making sure our food won’t make us sick. Regulations help keep us all safe. So why is Trump gutting so many of them? Hint: follow the money.
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From Politics Chat, July 8, 2025. You can watch the full chat via Part 2 above.
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JBS, the Brazilian meat-packing giant known for bribery and corruption scandals, just went public. The company was previously denied access to U.S. markets — until they donated millions to Trump’s inaugural fund. Now, small farms across the country are sounding the alarms.
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BRICS has expanded to 20 countries - 10 members and 10 partners - after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 43.93% of world GDP (PPP) and 55.61% of the global population. Ben Norton explains how the US failed to divide China and Vietnam in the Second Cold War.
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A week before the 90‑day pause expires on his so-called reciprocal tariffs, Four Corners dives into the chaos created by Donald Trump’s trade policy.
The latest United Nations report names hundreds of corporations, banks, technology firms, universities, pension funds and charities that profit from the Israeli occupation and genocide.
Chris Hedges
3 min
Robert Reich has run the Labor Department, racked up over a billion video views, and shaped public debate. But his true calling is teaching. After a lifetime of impact, he's stepping into the classroom one final time.
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Let's take a critical look at Graeber’s exploration of debt and its role in shaping our world so that we can challenge our approach to debt, overcome the current crisis, and pursue a revolutionary reimagining of the economy as a whole.
28 min
The latest Democratic fad sidelines equality and justice in favor of a focus on cutting red tape. This is not the path forward.
18 min
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From Politics Chat, July 1, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
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What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job?
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Conversation with Lakeisha Wolf - From Self to Solidarity: How Personal Empowerment Fuels Cooperative Economics | InflexionPoint Podcast: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out In 2025 we turn our attention towards “Community Engagement and the Grassroots of Change.”
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Republicans are about to supercharge the gap between worker and CEO pay. The 2017 tax cuts enriched Wall Street and CEOs, who spent billions on stock buybacks. Workers got nothing. Now, corporations are posed for an even bigger windfall in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.
32 min
Everywhere you look, you can see the decline of Western hegemony, as the world is increasingly multipolar. Ben Norton analyzes the rise of China, development of Global South economies, and increasing unity in Asia. A symbol of this was the historic ASEAN-GCC-China Summit held...
28 min
We cannot separate what has happened to working people over the last five decades from the dangerous lure of Trumpism. To build a path forward, we must debunk these 10 destructive myths about our rigged economy.
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Welcome to the REAL Matrix.
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Solarpunk is a vision of a future that is sustainable, equitable, and optimistic, where humanity has learned to live in harmony with the natural world and technology is used to improve the lives of all beings. One of the key aspects of Solarpunk is decentralization and a...
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I’m Andres Acevedo, and this is The Market Exit. In this essay, I talk about one of the biggest, yet strangely overlooked, problems in modern life: the way we organize work. Today, most of us spend our lives in non-democratic companies, taking orders from managers we did not...
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The Dark Money Game features two documentaries, Ohio Confidential and Wealth of the Wicked, both directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney. The films investigate how an untraceable web of money from wealthy individuals and corporations flows through nonprofits...
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On this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, Chris Hedges speaks with filmmaker Alex Gibney about Gibney’s documentary series The Dark Money Game, which examines the “labyrinth of mirrors” that facilitates untraceable corruption through the American political system. Although...
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In this video, we introduce the People's Library—a parallel economy where resources like housing, food, tools, and transportation are shared instead of hoarded, and where access is based on participation, not profit.
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In this video, we explore how our dependence on paychecks to meet basic needs keeps us trapped in a cycle of survival—and how the People’s Library offers a real, community-powered alternative.
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The obsession with self-improvement isn’t just a personal journey — it’s a consequence of the economic system we live under: Neoliberalism. From hustle culture to self-help podcasts — I break down how market-fundamentalist thinking has infiltrated not only our institutions...
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If you’ve ever paid to park at a public park, this one’s for you. Shall we yap about the hollowing out of America? What happens when your water, schools, prisons, and even democracy itself get put up for sale?
Whenever the idea of a Universal Basic Income comes up, certain objections are raised almost immediately. These concerns deserve real answers. So here’s five of the most common objections, addressed plainly and clearly:
There's a question at the heart of the coming automation revolution that too few people in power are willing to answer honestly: Who will own the gains? Will it be the hedge funds, billionaires, and multinational corporations? Or will it be all of us — the people who built...
Tim Hjersted
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Donald Trump's tariffs are benefiting rich elites at the expense of the majority of the population, argues economist Michael Hudson. He explains how the US trade war on China is isolating the United States and encouraging countries to seek alternatives. Ben Norton hosts the...
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Corporations are bringing in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers under the H-2A visa program. Workers tell us it’s basically a human trafficking scheme — a way to replace farmworkers who unionize and fight for higher pay. Trump could expand it with little oversight.
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Today we will be exploring the homes abandoned in New Albany, Ohio, and why they went abandoned. - Stringer media
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Kyle Kulinski and Krystal Ball interview Ben Norton on Trump’s failed skirmish against China.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the recently-confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. says that he wants to expand Medicare Advantage — a program that former health insurance executive Wendell Potter calls “one of the biggest scams [...] we’ve seen in this...
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Second Thought explains neoliberalism.
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After Donald Trump imposed 145% tariffs on China, he was forced to issue exemptions for Chinese made cellphones, computers, semiconductors, and other electronics, because the deindustrialized US can't make them. Trump's huge trade war immediately failed, demonstrating that...
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There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there?
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John Oliver discusses the ongoing chaos surrounding Donald Trump and tariffs, why the past week could have lasting repercussions, and why your grandma might be looking to start an OnlyFans.
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Donald Trump's trade war went nuclear, hitting China with 145% tariffs, aimed at economic decoupling. This is already backfiring on the US economy, which is heavily reliant on Chinese imports. The volatility also fueled a crisis in the bond market, with Treasury yields...
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During a CNN town hall, Bernie Sanders explained why so many Americans have lost faith in our political system: corruption. He explains how special interests are stacking the deck against voters and why politicians are complacent.
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We have never witnessed an attempt to build a global empire by trade and economic war alone before now. Trump is trying it. How should the world respond?
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Ryan and Emily discuss Naomi Klein saying Trump is not the anti globalist we envisioned.
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The details can be complex, but the value of public banking is actually simple to understand.
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Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS. (Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
Join the localization movement to build resilient local economies and flourishing communities. Local Futures produced a detailed Localization Action Guide to encourage everyone to 'GO LOCAL' - anytime, anyplace. It offers tangible and tested ways for individuals, communities...
Local Futures
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The Shitthropocene is a mock anthropological view of humanity's consumption habits, turning a satirical (yet brutally honest) eye on how everything is turning to shit and why the impulse towards more might destroy us all.
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Yes, the oligarchs are enormously powerful. They have endless amounts of money. They control our economy. They own much of the media. But, from the bottom of my heart, I am convinced that if we are well-organized, they can be defeated. My thoughts on the current moment. ...
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For nearly a half century, trickle-down economic policies have resulted in a tax system rigged in favor of the rich. This is not only bad for our economy, but it’s leading to a billionaire takeover of our democracy as well.
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Trump seems to have given up on making groceries cheaper. Wasn't that what the entire election was supposedly about?
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In what he called "Liberation Day", Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on countries around the world, falsely claiming they were "reciprocal". In reality, the taxes on imports were based on the US trade deficit with other nations. Ben Norton explains how the Trump...
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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down how power has shifted from labor unions to corporate giants over the last few decades, resulting in the rich getting richer at the expense of the working class.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who worked for George Soros, insists, “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream”.
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The term "Neoliberalism" is often used in political discourse, but rarely is its rise to prominence examined. In this video, we will do just that. We will look at Keynesian Liberalism and Social Democracy, Neoliberalism, The Chile Project and how decades of milquetoast...
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Is Curtis Yarvin secretly shaping government policy? In this deep dive, we explore the political philosopher and controversial thinker behind the "neoreactionary" movement and his potential connections to power. From his writings on monarchy to his rumored influence in elite...
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Donald Trump is portrayed as a "populist" committed to average working-class people, but his policies benefit wealthy elites at the expense of everyone else. His administration includes 13 billionaires -- including Elon Musk, the world's richest oligarch -- and he is cutting...
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Borders are not natural—they are political constructs designed to serve economic interests. As Arun Kundnani explains, while capital and goods move freely across borders, labor is heavily restricted, often through violent means.
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Alvaro Bedoya was investigating Amazon, X, and Walmart as an FTC commissioner. He’s also been a key ally of former FTC Chair Lina Khan. Donald Trump just illegally fired him and the only Democratic commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.
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Usually the reason given for austerity, or lack of government spending on services and infrastructure is that there simply isn’t enough money - we must simply tighten our belts. The typical leftist response to this is that we should just tax the rich in order to generate the...
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Yapping about return-to-office movements, work from home policies, remote + hybrid work and all sorts lol
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The Document that Created our Modern Oligarchy
Alright folks. Real talk. We’ve reached a point where the top 1% owns more than the bottom 90% combined. That’s not a bug in the system—it’s the system working exactly as designed.
Tim Hjersted
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Yapping about wealth inequality cause it's my roman empire.
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